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Dasyatidae
Brown stingray
Bathytoshia lata
Broad wings over Hawaiian coastal flats
The broad stingray (Bathytoshia lata), also known as the brown stingray or Hawaiian stingray, is a species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae. They range across the Indo-Pacific from southern Africa to Hawaii, and are the predominant species of stingray in the inshore waters of the Hawaiian Islands. This benthic fish also inhabits sandy or muddy flats at depths greater than 15 m (49 ft) in the Eastern Atlantic, from southern France to Angola, including the Mediterranean Sea.
- Class
- Sharks and Rays
- Order
- Stingrays
- Family
- Dasyatidae
- Genus
- Bathytoshia
- Maximum length
- 260 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Distribution
- Eastern Atlantic: southern France to Angola, including the Mediterranean Sea. Indo-Pacific: widespread, from southern Africa to Hawaii.
- Conservation status
- VUVulnerable

